Butler's Lives of the Saints, Volume 4For more than two centuries, "Butler's" has been one of the best known, most widely consulted hagiographies. In its brief and authoritative entries, readers can find a wealth of knowledge on the lives and deeds of the saints, as well as their ecclesiastical and historical importance since canonization. |
Contents
ST FRANCIS OF PAOLA founder | 11 |
ST RICHARD OF CHICHESTER bishop | 17 |
ST VINCENT FERRER | 30 |
St Prudentius bishop | 36 |
ST JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE founder | 44 |
ST JULIE BILLIART foundress | 58 |
St Waldetrude | 66 |
ST STANISLAUS OF CRACOW bishop and martyr | 77 |
St Alexander of Alexandria patriarch | 123 |
St Leo IX pope | 131 |
St Anicetus pope | 138 |
ST ANSELM bishop and doctor | 146 |
SS Soter and Caius popes | 158 |
ST FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN martyr | 172 |
ST MARK evangelist | 180 |
St Richarius | 187 |
St Julius I pope | 84 |
ST MARTIN I pope and martyr | 91 |
SS Tiburtius Valerius and Maximus martyrs | 97 |
St Paternus of Wales abbot | 102 |
St Optatus and Companions martyrs | 109 |
St Simeon Barsabae bishop and Companions martyrs | 116 |
ST PETER CHANEL martyr | 195 |
ST CATHERINE OF SIENA doctor | 206 |
ST PIUS V pope | 220 |
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Page ix - Heb 13:14 and 11:10), while at the same time we are taught to know a most safe path by which, despite the vicissitudes of the world, and in keeping with the state of life and condition proper to each of us, we will be able to arrive at perfect union with Christ, that is, holiness.
Page ix - ... while at the same time we are taught to know a most safe path by which, despite the vicissitudes of the world, and in keeping with the state of life and condition proper to each of us, we will be able to arrive at perfect union with Christ, that is, holiness. God shows to men, in a vivid way, his presence and his face in the lives of those companions of ours in the human condition who are more perfectly transformed into the image of Christ (cf.